Japanese Tank And Antitank Warfare, 1945

by: United States. War Dept. Military Intelligence Division

Publication date: 1945-08-01

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: Special Series, World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare, Antitank guns, Tanks (Military science) -- Japan, US Army, Field Manual, United States. -- Army -- Handbooks, manuals, etc, World War, 1939-1945, WWII, World War II, Tanks (Military science)

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Military Intelligence Division, War Dept.

Collection: wwIIarchive; additional_collections

Language: English

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON D. C. SPECIAL SERIES No. 34 Japanese Tank And Antitank Warfare, August 1, 1945 "The Japanese produced their first modern light tank in 1935. This vehicle, the Type 95 (1935), subsequently was standardized and manufactured in large numbers. With its improved suspension and hull, and its turret-mounting of a Type 94 (1934) 37-mm high-velocity gun, it represented a considerable advance in Japanese design, which prior to 1935 was preoccupied with the production of imitations of 4- to 15-ton tanks purchased from other countries. Yet, in common with all early Japanese tanks, the protective armor of the Type 95 was made extremely light, with a maximum thickness of only 0.5 inch. From 1935 to 1942, in addition to the Type 95 light tank, the Type 97 (1937) medium tank, in both the original and improved versions, and the Type 2 (1942) amphibious tank were also developed and produced in considerable numbers." Digitized by the Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library, US Army Combined Arms Center. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/

"MID 461"--p. ii

"1 August 1945."

"Supersedes Special series no. 26, Japanese tanks and tank tactics. It also replaces the tentative edition of Japanese tank and antitank warfare published 25 June 1945."--p. iii